Any predictions on traffic? Specifically on 84 heading east from Boise? Weiser is hosting a big party at the fairgrounds or city park. That might be fun but if I'm at risk of gridlock I can go to Vale on back roads that should be open.
The forecast travel time from Portland to Salem is 5 hours - that doesn't look like too many miles. Now I'm terrified of the traffic! Things like this get overblown - but I really don't want to be stuck on the outside.
And I want to get out easily - I'm going waterskiing that afternoon.
I might fly Cessna but none of the airports in totality have gotten back to me. No plane parking? Someone from Pugski offered me a farmer's field in Madras (I'm OK landing off pavement) but the Madras airport as a safety backup has been booked solid for a while.
Maybe I was mistaken to encourage people to see the eclipse. Forget those redneck scientists in RVs. Stay home and watch TV. The 10,000 times more light with the 95% eclipse will be the same as totality. Who really needs to see spectacular things in person? Watch it on the internet. Or deny the whole thing as a hoax (I was in 95% and it didn't get dark).
No, sharing the goods rocks. Just be smart about the travel. And don't Bogart that empty back route!
Eric
The forecast travel time from Portland to Salem is 5 hours - that doesn't look like too many miles. Now I'm terrified of the traffic! Things like this get overblown - but I really don't want to be stuck on the outside.
And I want to get out easily - I'm going waterskiing that afternoon.
I might fly Cessna but none of the airports in totality have gotten back to me. No plane parking? Someone from Pugski offered me a farmer's field in Madras (I'm OK landing off pavement) but the Madras airport as a safety backup has been booked solid for a while.
Maybe I was mistaken to encourage people to see the eclipse. Forget those redneck scientists in RVs. Stay home and watch TV. The 10,000 times more light with the 95% eclipse will be the same as totality. Who really needs to see spectacular things in person? Watch it on the internet. Or deny the whole thing as a hoax (I was in 95% and it didn't get dark).
No, sharing the goods rocks. Just be smart about the travel. And don't Bogart that empty back route!
Eric